Listen to your body's wisdomDevelop compassion for yourself and othersTime to experiment and integrate

Inspired by Carl Jung's practice of Active Imagination, Authentic Movement uses movement as a path to discovering and expressing your whole self. Connect to exactly where you are in the moment and follow your internal impulses to move or be still. The practice looks like everything from gentle movement exploration, improvised dance, to deep rest. There is time for creative practice as integration after each movement session including writing, drawing, collage and time to share in a small group. (This practice was originated by Mary Starks Whitehouse in the 1950's, originally called, "Movement in Depth.")

"Authentic Movement with Tiffany opened up an enormous amount of freedom and possibility that I didn’t realize I needed and wanted. The practice of tuning in to how I want to move my body or rest my body at any given moment has helped me learn to listen more deeply to my inner impulses, needs and desires and helped me access my own intuition, creativity, playfulness, joy, and authenticity. " - Lauren Mayhew, Wellness Coach

Some words from Mary Starks Whitehouse (the originator of Authentic Movement Practice):

"I began by asking them in what way they would practice or work alone, that is, without teaching or being taught."

"...open waiting, which is also a kind of listening to the body, an emptiness in which something can happen. You wait until you feel a change–As you feel it begin, you follow where it leads, like following a pathway that opens up before you as you step."

"The wonderful thing is that the body is not and never will be a machine, no matter how much we treat it as such, and therefore body movement is not and never will be mechanical – it is always and forever expressive, simply because it is human."

"The body is the physical aspect of the personality and movement is the personality made visible."

"Tiffany's understanding of safety around bodies and space is so necessary and present in her work. The community she helped create through the Authentic Movement course I took this past fall was astounding in that (unfortunately) few folks prioritize building a safer space for expression and holding the way she does." -Rebecca Gray

Feldenkrais, Authentic Movement and creative process with Tiffany Sankary and collaborators. Online courses + private sessions, live classes and workshops in the Greater Boston area including Somerville, Cambridge and Watertown.